“It’s not what you look at that matters,
it’s what you see. ”

~ Henry David Thoreau

“It’s not what you look at that matters,
it’s what you see. ”

~ Henry David Thoreau

“Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions
drown out your own inner voice.”

~ Steve Jobs

“Everything you can imagine is real.”

~ Pablo Picasso

“To practice any art, no matter how well
or how badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.”

~ Kurt Vonnegut

“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes.
Art is knowing which ones to keep.”

~ Scott Adam

“The artist is nothing without the gift,
but the gift is nothing without work.”

~ John Updike

“The artist is nothing without the gift,
but the gift is nothing without work.”

~ Emile Zola

Patricia Barnett’s Profile on Society of Western Artists

“Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.”

~ Twyla Tharp

www.KerrieBWrye.Blogspot.com

“The world is but a canvas to our imagination.”

~ Henry David Thoreau

www.ArtByMaz.com

A fellow artist sent me the link to this post because she knew that I’ve been chewing on the question “What is the value of art?”

What fascinates me is how this post, and the comments, focus on value through the consumer lens of an individual, potential collector or buyer asking, Why should I buy this?

Yes, I can see how artists ponder what motivates someone to purchase art (or not) from either an emotional, status, or investment perspective (the only three values offered in the post).

Yet I can’t help wondering how

“If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the
artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.”

~ John F. Kennedy

“Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot,
others transform a yellow spot into the sun.”

~ Pablo Picasso

“Art enables us to find ourselves
and lose ourselves at the same time.”

~ Thomas Merton

www.BettyLaur.com

“I found I could say things with color
and shapes that I couldn’t say any other
way – things I had no words for.”

~ Georgia O’Keeffe

www.JamesIHarris.com